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Zalophus

Zalophus
Lion de mer Amnéville 01.jpg
Californian sea lion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Clade: Pinnipedia
Family: Otariidae
Subfamily: Otariinae
Genus: Zalophus
Gill, 1866
Type species
Otaria gilliespii (= Otaria californiana)
Lesson, 1828

Zalophus is a genus of the family Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals) of order Carnivora. It includes these species, of which one became recently extinct:

Californian sea lion

Japanese sea lion

Galápagos sea lion


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